Bond hearings (Sept. 27, 2012)The following people appeared during felony bond hearings Wednesday at the Pope County Detention Center. Their names, ages, anticipated charges and bond amounts are listed. If charged, they will appear Oct. 22 in Pope County Circuit Court. • David Joy, 18, sexual assault — $7,500. According to a Russellville Police Department report, police responded Monday to the emergency room at Saint Mary’s Regional Medical Center, where they found Joy lyi...

Police investigating armed robbery at gas stationPolice are investigating an armed robbery that occurred late Tuesday evening, according to a Russellville Police Department spokesman. Captain David Davis said police responded to Darrell's Too on South Arkansas Avenue at approximately 8:43 p.m. Tuesday, where a clerk advised one white male and one black male had entered the store wearing masks and hoods. The clerk said the two, who were armed with a knife and a gun, struck him and stole an un...

Bond hearings (Sept. 25, 2012)The following people appeared during felony bond hearings Monday at the Pope County Detention Center. Their names, ages, anticipated charges and bond amounts are listed. If charged, they will appear Oct. 22 in Pope County Circuit Court. • Aran Mendez, 20, delivery of a controlled substance — $7,500. According to a warrant filed July 25, Mendez was arrested Saturday for allegedly selling five 30mg Oxycodone pills to a confidential informant wor...

Man arrested with 115 pounds of marijuanaA California man was arrested Saturday morning after police say they found approximately 115 pounds of marijuana in his truck. Robert Brown, 64, of Grass Valley, Calif., was allegedly driving a 2008 Ford F-250 eastbound on Interstate 40 before being pulled over by an Arkansas State Trooper for a lane violation near the 73 eastbound mile marker. According to the Arkansas State Police report, the trooper smelled marijuana and observed that Brown...

On the beatAmong reports recently taken by the Russellville Police Department (RPD): Sept. 17 — DWI on East 5th Street. Police arrested a man on suspicion of driving while intoxicated after they found the 20-year-old hiding in his closet after he had allegedly left the scene of an accident. According to the report, police responded to the 500 block of Tyler Road in reference to a hit-and-run. The complainant said his car was struck from behind by a white...

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Five arrested on meth distribution allegationsDANVILLE — Three men and two women were arrested Wednesday in connection with the distribution of methamphetamine within the Dardanelle city limits, according to a statement released Friday by the Yell County Sheriff’s Department. William “Shiloh” McClure, 34; Christopher Scott Grigsby, 28; George L. Roach, 24; Kelli Jolley, 26, and Dell V. Goldman, 27, were arrested from a residence on Harrison Street by officers from the Yell County Sheriff’...

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Bond Hearings (Sept. 21, 2012)The following people appeared during felony bond hearings Friday at the Pope County Detention Center. Their names, ages, anticipated charges and bond amounts are listed. If charged, they will appear Oct. 22 in Pope County Circuit Court. • Susan Houghton, 39, possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, introducing contraband into a correctional facility — $200,000. According to testimony by Fifth Judicial Drug Task F...

Wisconsin woman convicted in fetal-abduction caseMILWAUKEE (AP) — A Milwaukee woman who confessed to trying to steal a baby by attacking a pregnant woman and slicing out her full-term fetus was convicted Thursday of killing them both. Jurors deliberated for less than two hours before finding Annette Morales-Rodriguez guilty of two counts of first-degree intentional homicide in the October 2011 deaths of the mother and fetus. Morales-Rodriguez, 34, faces a mandatory life sentence when she’s s...

Colorado shooting suspect in court, this time without red hairCENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — For the first time with short hair that’s brown instead of a wild shade of orangish-red, the suspect in Colorado’s movie theater shooting appeared in court Thursday as prosecutors gave up their fight to see a notebook he sent to a university psychiatrist, saying they didn’t want to delay proceedings. James Holmes appeared more animated during the hearing than he has in the past. He smiled and glanced around the courtro...

Bond hearings (Sept. 19, 2012)The following people appeared during felony bond hearings Wednesday at the Pope County Detention Center. Their names, ages, anticipated charges and bond amounts are listed. If charged, they will appear Oct. 22 in Pope County Circuit Court. • Gary D. Hughes, 19, delivery of a controlled substance — $10,000. During the last six months, agents with the Fifth Judicial Drug Task Force (DTF) and the Arkansas State Police (ASP) through the use of a c...

Man issued $15,000 bond for batteryA Russellville man faces battery charges after allegedly attacking his wife while she was driving him to work early Wednesday morning. According to a Russellville Police Department report, police responded to South Elmira Avenue at approximately 5:55 a.m. where they met a woman who said she was driving her husband, Jeremy Vandergrift, 29, to work when the two began arguing and he became violent. According to the report, she told police he bega...

Bail set at $1 million for murder suspectsPope County District Court Judge Don Bourne set bail at $1 million a piece for two murder suspects Monday morning during felony bond hearings at the Pope County Detention Center. James Anthony Gould, 33, and Ashley Nicole Ojeda, 24, were both arrested in Dallas on Aug. 29 for their alleged involvement in the burglary that led to the murder of Randal Boykin, 26, at his home on Aug. 26 at 1305 N. Greenwich Ave. James Gould admitted to having two...

Teen arrested for copper pipe theftThe allure of the price of copper led to the arrest for allegedly taking copper plumbing from a vacant Pottsville house Sunday Jacob Reeves, 18, was held on suspicion of breaking and entering, theft of property, criminal mischief and contributing to the delinquency of a minor following a felony bond hearing Monday at the Pope County Detention Center. District Judge Don Bourne set bail for Reeves at $7,500. Reeves is scheduled to appear in Pope...

Bond hearings (Sept. 18, 2012)The following people appeared during felony bond hearings Monday at the Pope County Detention Center. Their names, ages, anticipated charges and bond amounts are listed. If charged, they will appear Oct. 22 in Pope County Circuit Court. • Drake Rickerson, 19, theft by receiving and theft of property — $20,000. Jake Yarbrough, a detective for Russellville Police Department, testified that on Aug. 29 a white Mazda car was reported stolen from th...

Judge: Dunn won't be penalized for not responding to Jones' lawsuitRUSSELLVILLE (AP) - A federal judge says a man named in a civil lawsuit over the investigation into Nona Dirksmeyer's death won't be penalized for not responding to the lawsuit. U.S. District Judge James Moody ruled Monday that Gary Dunn's failure to answer the lawsuit filed by Kevin Jones was not a "willful or intentional act." Jones sued Dunn and Russellville police over the investigation into Dirksmeyer's death. Jones was initially charged ...

RPD investigating alleged sexual assaultThe Russellville Police Department is investigating a sexual assault reported Wednesday night at Sheppard and Lock and Dam Road. According to an RPD statement released Friday, police responded to the area at approximately 10:26 p.m. Wednesday where they spoke with a female who said she was sexually assaulted by a black male. The man was described as 5’11”, 180 pounds, very short hair, acne on his forehead, bulging eyes and is missing the tip o...

Man charged with deliveryA Russellville man faces four charges of delivery of a controlled substance after being arrested on warrants and possession of drug paraphernalia Wednesday. According to a Russellville Police Department report, police initiated a stop on a maroon car Wednesday after it failed to stop at a stop sign at the intersection of Bradley Drive and South Laredo Avenue. The car was also missing a rear-view mirror and had a large crack in the windshield, ...